West Lodge is a co-educational preparatory school for 3 - 11 year olds. A co-educational prep school for children aged 3-11.
22/06/2026
Our EYFS Sports Day was a superb celebration of sport and team work. The children approached all the challenges with determination and big smiles!
Congratulations to our joint winners St Patrick and St Andrew houses.
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/sport
19/06/2026
Year 6 explored the rule of law and how our country's justice system works during a visit to the Royal Courts of Justice. The children had the opportunity to take part in a simulated case in which they had to play the different roles in a court case, plus enjoyed a fantastic Q & A session with a judge.
In this week's Computing lesson, Year 3 built mechanical, marble-powered computers to deepen their understanding of how computers work, learn more about coding strategy and understand abstract concepts like binary and logic codes.
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/computing
17/06/2026
Oracy is a key focus at West Lodge and every week there are opportunities for both formal and informal public speaking. Last week was no exception; Year 6 took part in a public speaking competition and Year 4 planned and delivered current affairs presentations on a wide variety of topics.
16/06/2026
West Lodge hosted a mini cricket festival during last week's games afternoon and our U10 and U11 teams enjoyed playing against a number of local schools.
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/sport
15/06/2026
Year 4 enjoyed a visit to Leeds Castle that supported and enriched their learning in both History and Science. A workshop and a tour of the castle helped them to further develop their knowledge about the Tudor period and as part of their study of animals and their habitats, they enjoyed a woodland walk in the grounds of the castle.
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/history
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/science
12/06/2026
Our Year 5 and 6 netball teams enjoyed friendly matches against St Olave's earlier in the week. Well done to the players; the Year 6 team won 7-6 and the Year 5s won 6-2.
Sport is a big part of West Lodge life. PE lessons are taught by a subject specialist and there are a wide variety of co-curricular clubs and matches to take part in. Read more: https://www.westlodge.org.uk/sport
11/06/2026
Year 1 and 2 worked collaboratively to create a piece of art inspired by Monet’s work ‘Bouquet of Sunflowers’. They used pastels to create a muted background, made a 3D paper vase and used crepe and tissue paper to make the sunflowers and stems.
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/art
Following the Business Enterprise Programme briefing a month ago, Year 6 teams have been working on their business plans.
Earlier in the week they confidently presented their well thought out strategies and detailed costings to a team of business experts. Their business ideas sought to solve a wide range of everyday problems and included an app to direct users to the appropriate care for medical problems, an intelligent cat litter tray, a device to keep bedsheets tucked in, a pet-sitter robot and using technology to link students and subject experts. Their presentations included marketing jingles, fully working prototypes and industry expert endorsement videos!
They fielded challenging questions on areas such as business reserves, potential legal issues surrounding their products and how their product would perform in a crowded market. The experts then chose which businesses to invest in.
Our sincere thanks to the business experts for their input and making such an inspiring programme possible.
Business enterprise is part of our skillset for success programme.
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/skillset-for-success
Horse Riding Club were working on their rising trot during last week's session.
The club is just one of 19 clubs on offer this term catering for every interest from Musical Theatre Performing Arts to Craft, Cricket Squad to Coding and Netball to STEAM.
https://www.westlodge.org.uk/clubs